This Sunday will be one of the determining matchups for the 2008 Super Bowl, when the Packers try to take down the Giants at Lambeau Field.
Last Saturday afternoon against Seattle, the temperature dropped down to a frigid 20 degrees while snow piled onto the field. If you thought it was cold then, just wait for the night game on Sunday, when there is an expected high of 7 degrees at around 3pm with the temperature dropping well below zero by game-time.
The Giants have won their last two games in the warm climates of Tampa and Dallas, and may not be ready for this type of weather. The drastic change in climate ensures that this will be one of the Giants more difficult games this season.
Brett Favre and the Pack thrive off of weather like this and their experience will definitely manifest itself. With a battered and bruised secondary, NY is going to have a hard time defending Green Bay's potent passing game.
The Packers won the teams' first meeting this season in week 2 in a blowout, 35-13. That was a long time ago, however, and both teams are very different.
A key to the Giants' success is their defensive getting pressure on the QB and making him uncomfortable in the pocket. When they met in September, Green Bay was predominantly a pass only team, which gave the Giants the task of either stopping Favre or getting burned.
The problem for the Giants is that now the Packers have an outstanding running game with the emergence of Ryan Grant.
Coming into a frozen tundra after two warm-weather games, I can see the Giants watching the Super Bowl this year from back home.
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Paul Salman about 1 year ago
i hope the packers dominate this game but the weather..when THAT cold really may not be an advantage for the packers..they are a young team..youngest in the league...and this is bone chilling cold..and cold is cold...giants are veterans from NY where its cold too. GB lost at chi is freezing weather and favre said those were the worst conditions ever..if the the cold affects the passing game of the packers this will help the giants because less throwing means less room for error for eli and takes away the strength of the packers on favres arm..i hope im wrong and hope the packers kill the giants.
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Chris about 1 year ago
NYC isn't cold. What are you smoking? Sure it gets cold in upstate New York but the average January high in Green Bay is what the average low is in NYC. Let's face it, the Packers are simply a much more balanced team than the Cowboys are. Lambeau Field is officially the coldest open-air stadium in the NFL. The Packers are used to bone-chilling cold. The recent loss against the Bears was at Soldier Field, not at Lambeau.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
I agree with Paul. Cold is cold. At 5 below zero with wind chills far colder than that, all players will have difficulty handling the ball. Still - we'll be cheering on the Packers for all we're worth!
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joel green about 1 year ago
And he said it was the worst conditions because of the wind.....
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
the youth of this packer team should be an advantage. i'm sick of people talking about their youth as a disadvantage. when you're old you learn to appreciate what being young was all about. packers win 35-17.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Have you been to the Northeast U.S. (Philly to New England in the Winter?).
Real Feel is more frigid due to the EXTREME HUMIDITY -- Bone Chilling temps.
Giants are a COLD WEATHER TEAM AND can play in FRIGID EXTREME COLD WEATHER.
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Chris about 1 year ago
Have you ever been to Green Bay or Michigan in the winter? The average January low in Green Bay is 7 degrees. The average January low where the Giants play is 23 degrees. Nuff said. Lambeau is officially the coldest open-air stadium in the NFL. Nothing comes close. Every other open-air stadium in the NFL has an average field temp above freezing in Dec-Jan. Lambeau is the only below freezing and it is significantly below freezing. Nobody knows cold like the Green Bay Packers.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
From the news report above "The Giants have won their last two games in the warm climates of Tampa and Dallas, and may not be ready for this type of weather. The drastic change in climate ensures that this will be one of the Giants more difficult games this season. "
Ummmm. Then the cowboys and Bucs should have won then. Giants play Better in the FROZEN ELEMENTS like their home stadium in Winter. Read the latest New York snow fall totals. (From Buffalo to Dutchess County).
Weather will be no problem because there will be no snow Sunday - merely FRIGID TEMPS.
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Chris about 1 year ago
NYC bears virtually no resemblence to Green Bay as far as cold temperatures. The Giants don't play in Buffalo, they play less than 10 miles away from Manhattan. Even Buffalo doesn't compare to Green Bay. It rarely gets below zero in NYC. Maybe once every 10 years. It has reached -30 in Green Bay, when the coldest it will ever get in NYC is maybe -5. It routinely gets that cold in Green Bay. Who are you trying to kid? NYC as cold as Green Bay!!! Come on.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
GIANTS-------------24
GREEN BAY---------20
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
My parents live less than an hour from Green Bay. I currently live in New York city. It is much colder in Green Bay than it is in New York. New York City is not that cold, I barely need a winter jacket.
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Dan Scillath about 1 year ago
who here is homestly comparing green bay to giants stadium? thats not even a quest that lambeau takes the cake on cold climate. not even a fare comparison.
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